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May 12, 2011 11:53AM
What do we want to read in June? Nominate a book here.
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How about Joan D. Vinge's The Snow Queen, or China Miéville's The City & the City? Which one do you think would be more appropriate or more popular here?
Xdyj wrote: "How about Joan D. Vinge's The Snow Queen, or China Miéville's The City & the City? Which one do you think would be more appropriate or more popular here?"The Snow Queen sounds more interesting to me but I don't know.
Connor wrote: "Xdyj wrote: "How about Joan D. Vinge's The Snow Queen, or China Miéville's The City & the City? Which one do you think would be more appropriate or more popular here?"The Snow Queen sounds more i..."
I only know it's an old sf inspired by Hans Andersen's story with the same title. It's a Hugo award winner but probably a bit obscure nowadays.
I nominate Diane Wynne Jones' book "The Dark Lord of Derkholm".
Here's the Amazon summary: If, next door to our ordinary world, there existed a world full of magic, wouldn't you want to visit it? That's the situation that Diana Wynne Jones explores in Dark Lord of Derkholm, and she makes an effective and comical tale of it.
Groups of tourists, called Pilgrim Parties and organized by the cold-hearted profiteer Mr. Chesney, take a portal to the magical realm, where they are shepherded about the countryside by a wizard guide. Mr. Chesney sets the rules, such as that all wizard guides must have long white beards--even 14-year-old Blade--and every Party gets to "slay" the Dark Lord. No wizard wants to be chosen as the year's Dark Lord, because Mr. Chesney demands large battles that cause great devastation in the local villages and farms, and he doesn't pay very well, but he does have a captive demon to enforce his will. This year, things are going especially badly for the chosen Dark Lord, Derk. He can't seem to keep his evil forces on the right track, despite help from his son Blade, his daughter Shona the bard, and his griffin sons and daughters. His chief aide, Barnabas, is drinking heavily and muddling his spells. And the dwarfs are taking their baskets of gold as tribute to the one they say is the real Dark Lord--Mr. Chesney.
Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Yums recommended it to me.
Yums recommended it to me.
The Dark Lord book sounds interesting.
The nominations so far are:The Snow Queen
Watership Down
The Dark Lord of Derkholm
Firelight
And yeah....... Those are it so far.The Last Book in the Universe
You forgot The Last Book in the Universe.
Well, you're just so forgettable, so, Yeah.....JK. :)
Lol! We're not very good at staying on topic....
I'll say... Anyway! I can't wait to read the next book. They all sound good. At the pace I'm reading, I'll have to put it off for the next month. ;(
Yeah, me too. I haven't even gotten the Night Garden book yet!
I will create the poll on Wednesday, May 18th.
Guten Tag! (I know that's not hi, but I forgot... oh yeah!!!) Hallo!
It means good evening! but I don't think I spelled it right...
OK! I knew it wasn't hi, so I got confused and SADISH!!! :,(
Actually, it should be saddish, but, I guess since Connor made the word up I won't make him feel sadish. :)
Lol! Yeah, it looks like it should be pronounced say-dish. :)
yeah. I meant I don't want him to feel badish!
say-dish sounds like sadist (say-dist) so no thank you
Connor wrote: "I will create the poll on Wednesday, May 18th."I made the poll today, hope it's Ok.
That's fine! I give mods permission to run that stuff when I'm not around. As long as it's not like deleting a bunch of topics, and adding inappropriate content, etc.
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